Skool Community as a Full Time Business · Faith, Grief & Art as Prayer

Renee Daniel

Mar 4 (edited) • Announcements & Updates

Skool Community as a Full Time Business

My new job.

I am a Substance Abuse Counselor: LCDC

I am a contractor with TDCJ: Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

But I am employed by a company that is Contracted with TDCJ.

My job title is, Intensive Counselor LCDC

Our Facility is created for Male Felons of all types of crime including (those served their prison time for dealing drugs, theft, murder, assault with deadly weapon and sex offenders.

It is a 90 day inpatient treatment facility focused on behavior rehabilitation.

We teach new ways of thinking, perceiving, core belief changes, shifting perspectives and thought.

All clients have a substance abuse addiction.

My clients failed a Drug Urine Analysis on Parole. They have 30 days Intensive all day groups to attend and lots of workbooks to complete.

Therapeutic Community means: Felons teach Felons and hold each other accountable for criminal mindset and behaviors. Meaning, They call each other out on their “s”.

They can shift that towards me as well.

There are rules, policies and procedure's called Program.

I must confront grown men, criminals, to account for not following a rule or program behavior.

I wrote my first incident report last week for yelling at me.

Still, teaching anyone who violates the rules because that is what we do. Grace and accountability.

Right now I teach 7 groups a week. My caseload grows to 15 clients plus the 24-30+ group clients shared between 3 counselors plus a brand new one started Monday.

I posted photos of my trip home last night, 3/3/26.

Notice the speed limit versus the speed I was actually able to drive. It wears be down a bit and helps me get motivated to create courses and live support in the community.

I am getting older and this work and drive is super hard.

I enjoy the work but the drive is makes me extra tired. The area the facility is located is high crime and low income homes and surroundings with burglar bars and fences around everything.

I looked into moving there but it is not safe.

But I am working on this community to be my full time job. It will take a while.

I am meeting with my Skool mentor on Monday to discuss my focus and strategies.

Things should progress much better here with focus.

The premium membership is easy going with lots of benefit with group zoom calls working sessions and discussions for learning and

The VIP is for deeper grief work and coaching with group zoom calls and working sessions that are mire intimate for those motivated to process for a higher quality if life.

For a founding member at that level is free in cost. A Skool community is focused on members supporting each other. I want to mentor these women to build up each other’s faith and provide encouragement.

Most communities do this from the start. Free memberships shift into paid leaving thise who are unable to oay behind. I get left behind but value what I learn up to that point. But it does hurt my heart and I no longer want to go through this after five groups that I have learned and grown from.

Therefore, I built the introduction course to describe the community I am building leaving off the element of shifting founding members to paid.

The leader board reference in the introduction just refers to VIP members supporting each other through comments. It isn’t a competition at all. I reference the leaderboard because it shows who is actively supporting others.

I may need to word this concept differently and will work on that.

Anyway,

Blessing's

If you have ideas or suggestions please share.

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